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Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith says accusations her party is too negative simply amount to Premier Alison Redford’s government “projecting” its own weaknesses onto the Opposition. Speaking to a crowd of 1,000 at Wildrose’s Calgary leader’s dinner at the BMO Centre Tuesday evening, Smith said her party is dealing with the contention that “‘the Wildrose is so mean-spirited. The Wildrose is so negative. The Wildrose is unfair. The Wildrose — they’re just not nice.’ ”

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A private degree-granting school in Calgary is closing its doors after more than three decades of teaching the basics of engineering, computing and business administration. But approximately 180 current students of DeVry Institute of Technology will still qualify for student aid and be able to complete their education online.

CALGARY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government is following through on an election promise to ban crude oil tanker traffic off the coast of northern British Columbia, a move which observers say would effectively kill the Northern Gateway pipeline. Trudeau published his mandate letters to each of member of his cabinet Friday and asked […]

A U.S. court begins hearing arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims increased volumes of oilsands crude have been allowed to flow from Canada into the United States without adequate public input or environmental review. Indigenous and environmental groups filed a lawsuit late last year against the U.S. State Department and Secretary of State […]

Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason did on Friday what he would have loved to do much earlier — dished out $162 million for Calgary transit through the GreenTRIP program. Also on Friday, release of pay figures for the new NDP political staffers showed a welcome hint of frugality, at least compared to many earlier days of the Progressive Conservative era. […]

Despite losing the Calgary-Foothills byelection to the opposition Wildrose, the NDP government has no plans to significantly change course. Despite losing the Calgary-Foothills byelection to the opposition Wildrose, the NDP government has no plans to significantly change course. On Thursday night, the Wildrose’s Prasad Panda won the northwest riding — a longtime fortress for the […]

It’s official. Canada has been in a recession this year thanks in large part to a downturn in the oil and gas sector. Data released Tuesday by Statistics Canada indicated that the country’s gross domestic product fell in the first two quarters of 2015 which meets the technical definition of what constitutes a recession. The […]

Albertans appear to be siding with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a recent war of words with Premier Rachel Notley, according to an exclusive poll for the Herald. The Mainstreet Research survey shows half of Albertans side with Harper in the high-profile dispute that made headlines this month, while 36 per cent support Notley. During […]

A growing number of Albertans appear to be pessimistic about the provincial economy and view cutting government spending — instead of raising taxes or boosting expenditures — as the preferred option for dealing with the budget deficit. The Mainstreet Research survey found just 21 per cent of Albertans feel optimistic about the economy in the […]

The NDP government formally launched its review of Alberta’s oil and gas royalty rates on Friday by offering reassurances to an energy industry currently hammered by low crude prices and mounting layoffs.

With economists asserting that Alberta is headed towards a recession, if not already in one, Premier Rachel Notley says the NDP government will be laying out an “economic stimulus package” later this year to get the economy back on track, rather than considering mass layoffs in the public service.

Premier Rachel Notley says her NDP government will look to rein in spending in the face of cratering oil prices but insisted Tuesday it was too soon to say where the budget deficit will end up this year.

Alberta’s new minister of advanced education promised Tuesday the NDP government’s interim supply bill would reveal how the party intends to fulfill its $33-million promise to freeze and roll back tuition. “This is a really important concern for us just to make sure post-secondary education is accessible and affordable to all people,” Advanced Education Minister […]

As premier, New Democrat Rachel Notley says there will be no “Rae Days” in Alberta. She says an Alberta NDP government will in no way resemble NDP premier Bob Rae’s controversial regime in Ontario between 1990 and 1995. Asked what lesson she can take from Rae’s one-term government, she retorted: “Don’t be like them.” “I find […]

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean warned Monday that Alberta is in danger of “accidentally” electing an NDP government in Tuesday’s provincial election out of a desire to punish the long-governing Progressive Conservatives. Speaking at Rotary Park with Calgary Wildrose candidates and supporters arrayed behind him, Jean kept up his recent theme that only a vote for Wildrose […]

At age 27, Mike McNarland is embarking on a second exciting career. Following nearly five years as an armoured crewman in the Canadian Forces operating and maintaining armoured fighting vehicles, McNarland is now apprenticing as a welder, working in heavy industrial construction.

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